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Monastery of St. Paisios in Austria celebrates Patronal Feast with Hierarchical Divine Liturgy

July 13, 2026 · 1 min read

On the Sixth Sunday of Matthew, July 12, 2026, Metropolitan Arsenios of Austria presided over the Hierarchical Divine Liturgy at the Monastery of the Protection of the Holy Theotokos and St. Paisios the Athonite in Sankt Andrä am Zicksee, which celebrated the feast of its patron saint.

Concelebrating with the Metropolitan were Hieromonks Iakovos Giannopoulos and Andreas Bola, as well as Archdeacon Georgios Meleshko of the Holy Metropolis of Austria. Following the Divine Liturgy, pilgrims were invited to a festive monastic meal prepared by the fathers of the monastery.

A large number of faithful gathered to participate in the monastery’s patronal feast, taking part prayerfully in the liturgical celebration.

In his homily, Metropolitan Arsenios reflected on the Gospel reading of the healing of the paralytic, emphasizing that the miracle reveals Christ not merely as a healer of physical ailments but as the One who restores humanity’s communion with God.

The Metropolitan explained that the paralytic stood before the God-Man Jesus Christ, in whom the divine and human natures are united “without confusion, without change, without division, and without separation,” according to…

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Ljubica Savić

Thank God that so many people came to Sankt Andrä. I'm really happy that Metropolitan Arsenios mentioned those four words from Chalcedon in his sermon - no confusion, no change, no division, no separation - that's what we need to understand the most when we read about the healing of the taken.

كارلا نصار

Yes, the part about being natural in Christ without mixing, without change, without division, without separation is very important. It always reminds me when I read about paralysis, how the Lord heals both the body and the soul. Thank you to the fathers for the monastic food after Mass. I heard it was very delicious.

أنطون حداد

Yes, this phrase from the Council of Chalcedon always brings me back to the basics. I also notice in the Gospel of the Paralysis how the Lord healed the body first to show that He is able to heal sin as well. Have you tried monastic cooking there before or have you only heard about it?

فادي صايغ

Yes, the phrase Chalcedon always reminds me of how the two natures are truly united in Christ. As for monastic cooking there, I tried it once after a mass. It included a simple lentil soup and fresh bread from the brothers’ oven. It tasted very delicious and was not fussy. Did you attend the celebration this year?